🛡️ CVE-2023-49582 on Debian — apr

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV

N/A

CVSS Score

0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Lax permissions set by the Apache Portable Runtime library on Unix platforms would allow local users read access to named shared memory segments, potentially revealing sensitive application data. This issue does not affect non-Unix platforms, or builds with APR_USE_SHMEM_SHMGET=1 (apr.h) Users are recommended to upgrade to APR version 1.7.5, which fixes this issue.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2023-49582 as tracked by Debian, for the package apr. The fix is available in version 1.7.5-1; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity none, availability none.

Affected software

DEBIAN-CVE-2023-49582 is recorded against 1 package.

apr (fixed in 1.7.5-1)

Timeline and source

Published on 26 August 2024 and last revised on 7 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

security-tracker.debian.org (Advisory)

CVE-2023-49582 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Alpine BellSoft Base record Debian 11 (Root.io)Ubuntu

Details

Severity Unknown

CVSS Score N/A

CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CWE N/A

Public Exploit ✅ No

Source OSV

Published 2024-08-26

Updated 2026-08-12

Modified 2026-08-07

Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software	From version	Fixed in
apr	—	1.7.5-1

References

ADVISORY https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-49582

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